Post #516998 by Big Tiki D on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 9:06 AM

2000 grit?? That's freakin amazing! I have read up on doing honing on glass plates with various grades of sandpaper attached to them with with spray adhesive. But I have also heard from a few woodworkers and cabinet makers down at the local woodworking store, and their general opinion is that your tools need to be sharp enough to do what you need them to. At the moment I'm not doing any parquet or inlay work, and I don't see me ever doing anything with cabinets or fine furniture. So, I have to concede that you must get edges that you could perform surgery with, but I really don't think that I need edges that fine. Or do I? This is where I start to get confused. The DMT stones have done wonders for keeping my tools sharp. I think I just need a jig to get repeatable results. Does whacking into an unseen knot or nail do more harm to an edge honed with 2000 grit paper than it does to one sharpened with a lower grit? Like I said before, I am so confused...

[ Edited by: Big Tiki D 2010-03-13 09:06 ]